M Michael Lahoud 8 – The boss of the midfield. Incisive passing (team-best passing accuracy of 97 percent) and three "key passes," an important analytic some FC Cincinnati players look at post-match.

M Nazmi Albadawi 8 – A fantastically hit goal before halftime to go along with a team-best four key passes.

M Corben Bone: 7.5 – The key-pass master himself, Bone had three to help keep the quality service flowing up to Danni Konig and others.

M Emmanuel Ledesma: 9 – A match-winning performance in the form of two goals and an assist (two key passes total).

F Danni Konig: 7 – A confident take in a one-versus-one scenario that produced a goal to go along with his first assist of the season, Konig also did some of the dirty work in winning three fouls.

F Emery Welshman (substitute, 69'): 7.5 – From a Richmond perspective, Welshman effectively killed the game for the guests as he rampaged up and down the field for the final 21 minutes, firing off four shots (two on-target).

M Kenney Walker (substitute, 74'): 6.5 – A professional outing from Walker – albeit an outing that lasted just 16-plus minutes – in the substitute's role. Not much was asked of him and he did well in helping Cincinnati close out the decisive victory.

F Jimmy McLaughlin (substitute, 83'): 7.5 – Typically, a player that sees less than 15 minutes of the game won't receive a rating from me but, similar to Welshman, "Pennsylvania Messi" crammed plenty of pace and an on-target shot into his limited time on the pitch after coming on in the closing minutes.

Head coach Alan Koch/staff: 8.5 – The tactics, starting XI and substitutions were all dead-on accurate as FC Cincinnati played one of its best matches of 2018.

Richmond Kickers: 3.5 – Credit FC Cincinnati for taking Richmond out of their plan early, but the visitors didn't seem to be moved or motivated by the challenge of playing at Nippert Stadium as they have been in past visits to FCC.

M Kenney Walker (substitute): 7.5 – The flow of the match continued when he replaced Lahoud, and Walker’s ability to pinpoint passes is the best on the team

F Jimmy McLaughlin (substitute): 7.5 – Similar to Welshman, he injected serious speed and craftiness with the only fault being time on the field and an already lopsided score line.

Head coach Alan Koch: 8 – The game plan was carried out effectively and Cincinnati has three four-goal league matches at Nippert Stadium this season, despite only having seven opportunities. The club only had three four-goal games in all of 2017.

Richmond Kickers: 3 – If the score looks harsh, consider how poorly the visitors played. No opponent has come to Nippert and played so woefully in Cincinnati’s three years in the USL.